* Accumulations... snow accumulating an inch or less this afternoon and 2 to 4 inches tonight... leading to storm totals of 3 to 5 inches. Ice accumulating up to one third of an inch tonight... leading to storm totals of up to one third of an inch.

* Visibilities... as low as a half mile at times.

* Impacts... snow changing to a wintry mix will result in very slippery conditions on untreated roads... sidewalks... and parking lots. Roads may be very slushy and slippery for the Tuesday evening commute.

Precautionary/preparedness actions...

A Winter Weather Advisory is normally issued for a variety ofwinter weather conditions such as snow... sleet and freezing rain.While the weather will be significant... the word advisory impliesthat severe winter weather is not anticipated.

Stay tuned to NOAA Weather Radio or your favorite source ofweather information for the latest updates. Additional detailscan also be found at www.Weather.Gov/Buffalo.

Report snow and ice accumulation to the National Weather Servicein Buffalo by sending an email to bufstorm.Report@noaa.Gov... posting to the NWS Buffalo facebook Page... or tweet... using thehashtag bufwx

Record Report

Statement as of 2:20 PM EST on March 01, 2015

February 2015 was the coldest calendar month on record with an average temperature of 12.2f which is an astounding 14.2f below normal. This breaks the previous record of 12.6f set back in February of 1934.

Rochester had 10 days in February where the low temperature fell below zero. This ties 1979 for the greatest number of below zero low temperatures for the month of February. There have been 12 days below zero so far in the winter of 2014-2015. The record number of below zero days for a winter is 15 in the winter of 1884-1885.

Meteorological winter comprising the months of December... January... and February ended with an average temperature of 22.0f... which ranks as the 13th coldest in history. The coldest was the winter of 1903-1904 with an average temperature of 19.6f.

Snowfall for February was 45.2 inches... which ranks as the fourth most on record. The snowiest February was in 1958 with 64.8 inches.